SB45,922,5 108.05 (3) (dm) 1. Except when otherwise authorized in an approved work- share program under s. 108.062, a claimant is ineligible to receive any benefits for a week if the claimant receives or will receive from one or more employers wages earned for work performed in that week, amounts treated as wages under s. 108.04 (1) (bm) for that week, sick pay, holiday pay, vacation pay, termination pay, bonus pay, back pay, or payments treated as wages under s. 108.04 (12) (e), or any combination thereof, totalling more than $500 the amount specified in subd. 2.

SB45,1733 Section 1733. 108.05 (3) (dm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,922,8 108.05 (3) (dm) 2. The department shall set the wage limitation under subd. 1. as follows:

SB45,922,9 a. For a week of unemployment that commences before January 4, 2026, $500.

SB45,922,11 b. For a week of unemployment that commences on or after January 4, 2026, but before January 3, 2027, $672.

SB45,922,13 c. For a week of unemployment that commences on or after January 3, 2027, the department shall set the wage limitation as provided under sub. (2).

SB45,1734 Section 1734. 108.05 (7m) (title), (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:

SB45,922,16 108.05 (7m) (title) Social security disability insurance payments.

SB45,922,21 (c) If a monthly social security disability insurance payment is issued to a claimant, the department shall reduce benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for a given week in accordance with par. (d). This subsection does not apply to a lump sum social security disability insurance payment in the nature of a retroactive payment or back pay.

SB45,922,24 (d) The department shall allocate a monthly social security disability insurance payment by allocating to each week the fraction of the payment attributable to that week.

SB45,1735 Section 1735. 108.05 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,923,5 108.05 (9) Rounding of benefit amounts. Notwithstanding sub. (1), benefits payable for a week of unemployment as a result of applying sub. (1m), (3) or, (7), or (7m) or s. 108.04 (11) or (12), 108.06 (1), 108.13 (4) or (5) or 108.135 shall be rounded down to the next lowest dollar.

SB45,1736 Section 1736. 108.05 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,923,10 108.05 (10) Deductions from benefit payments. (intro.) After calculating the benefit payment due to be paid for a week under subs. (1) to (7) (7m), the department shall make deductions from that payment to the extent that the payment is sufficient to make the following payments in the following order:

SB45,1737 Section 1737. 108.133 of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB45,1738 Section 1738. 108.133 (1) (ar) of the statutes is renumbered 108.133 (1) (ar) 1. and amended to read:

SB45,923,16 108.133 (1) (ar) 1. Notwithstanding s. 108.02 (9), “controlled substance” has the meaning given in 21 USC 802, except as provided in subd. 2.

SB45,1739 Section 1739. 108.133 (1) (ar) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,923,21 108.133 (1) (ar) 2. “Controlled substance” does not include tetrahydrocannabinols, commonly known as “THC,” in any form including tetrahydrocannabinols contained in marijuana, obtained from marijuana, or chemically synthesized.

SB45,1740 Section 1740. 108.14 (2e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,924,13 108.14 (2e) The department may shall provide a secure means of electronic interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other persons that, upon request to and with prior approval by the department, may shall be used for departmental transmission or receipt of any document specified by the department that is related to the administration of this chapter and related federal programs in lieu of any other means of submission or receipt specified in this chapter. The secure means of electronic interchange shall be used by employing units, claimants, and other persons unless the person demonstrates good cause, as specified in s. 108.022, for being unable to use the secure means of electronic interchange. Subject to s. 137.25 (2) and any rules promulgated thereunder, the department may permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures for any document specified by the department that is related to the administration of this chapter. If a due date is established by statute for the receipt of any document that is submitted electronically to the department under this subsection, then that submission is timely only if the document is submitted by midnight of the statutory due date.

SB45,1741 Section 1741. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,925,5 108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state’s share of any benefits paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) to and (c), or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) would have applied to employment by such an employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with that employer to the fund’s balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), or (5g) or 108.07 (3) would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (am) 1. and 2. The department shall also charge the fund’s balancing account with any other state’s share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.

SB45,1742 Section 1742. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB45,925,21 108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state’s share of any benefits paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) and (c) or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2. would have applied to employment by such an employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with that employer to the fund’s balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f), or (5), or (5g) or 108.07 (3) would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (am) 1. and 2. The department shall also charge the fund’s balancing account with any other state’s share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.

SB45,1743 Section 1743. 108.141 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,926,6 108.141 (7) (a) The department shall charge the state’s share of each week of extended benefits to each employer’s account in proportion to the employer’s share of the total wages of the employee receiving the benefits in the employee’s base period, except that if the employer is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18 the department shall charge the share of extended benefits to which s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) to and (c), or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) applies to the fund’s balancing account.

SB45,1744 Section 1744. 108.141 (7) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB45,926,15 108.141 (7) (a) The department shall charge the state’s share of each week of extended benefits to each employer’s account in proportion to the employer’s share of the total wages of the employee receiving the benefits in the employee’s base period, except that if the employer is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18 the department shall charge the share of extended benefits to which s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) and (c) or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2. applies to the fund’s balancing account.